tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531655713460743960.post2495015185815409047..comments2024-01-03T22:43:58.699-05:00Comments on UConn Huskies Basketball: Déjà vuUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531655713460743960.post-50557912469352768602011-03-08T06:48:32.557-05:002011-03-08T06:48:32.557-05:00Thanks for commenting. They've tried the full ...Thanks for commenting. They've tried the full court press and it wasn't effective. The opponents easily broke it for one one on one opportunities for buckets. Plus they are thin in the frontcourt and want to avoid foul trouble. I agree with most of your assessments about the players. The key is to get Smith rebounding and Lamb to get his floater going and get to the line. They just need buckets down the stretch and they would've been fine. Hopefully they can turn this around and fast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242889577401373799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531655713460743960.post-7552929582789561832011-03-07T09:51:12.574-05:002011-03-07T09:51:12.574-05:00They need to bring a full court press going to get...They need to bring a full court press going to get some easy points. Napier is phenomenal, Lamb too and Smith. Can't ask for any more than that, Napier is just clutch, reminds of Mike Bibby a bit during his AZ days, I think Napier's outside shot and clutch ability is as high as Walkers. <br /><br />Kemba is gassed, just played an insane season and playing at that level in the Big East is tough. Uconn's early wins had a lot of luck too, some Walker shots that went down that are now not going down, etc. like with Texas and Nova for example. <br /><br />I think teams are ready for them and frankly, Calhoun has never taken the zone defense seriously as evidence by rarely having good shooters on the team. Lamb and Napier can shoot which helps but Calhoun doesn't seem to know how to coach a zone d, surprising given Syracuse always has run a zone d.<br /><br />I also think Kemba needs to drive through the zone, he can do that. The perimeter of most of these zones can still be split by him and if you had Oriakhi play with half a brain if walker splits the perimeter zone he could dump off a pass for a dunk a lot against most zone ds.<br /><br />Oriakhi is prob the biggest disappointment this year. He plays heard but has very little improvement in terms of basketball iq and skill set.NotATeabaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750039064202384253noreply@blogger.com